About

Founded by students, Gift of Education is run entirely by student volunteers.

Our Story

Being aware and wanting to do something about the lack of educational
opportunities for underprivileged children in developing countries, in 2011, we
started the Gift of Education Fundraiser, an annual piano concert series to
raise money to sponsor the education of underprivileged children.

We have initiated, organized, and performed concerts since Gift of Education
was founded. With the help of our friends and patrons, we have successfully
raised enough money to fund the education of several young middle-school girls,
and we intend to support them until they graduate. Through a credible
organization we identified in India after extensive research, we support
students who are provided with food, medical care, housing, clothes, books, and
schooling. We already performed our concerts for this year to raise funds for
the 7 students we’re currently supporting. We are working on expanding the
project to go from funding 7 students to 700 students and beyond.

Why

There are hundreds of millions of children in developing countries who cannot
afford to attend school. Because these children are unable to attend school,
they enter the workforce as a child and remain there forever, earning minimum
wage and remaining disadvantaged for their entire lives. It’s a vicious cycle:
Poverty denies an education, and lack of education perpetuates poverty. This
results in perpetual intergenerational poverty and lifelong suffering. The
scale of this intergenerational poverty is enormous.

With everyone’s involvement, together, we can break this cycle.

Our Mission

Gift of Education strives to create a lasting solution to poverty by providing
underprivileged children in developing countries the chance to obtain an
education.